Francesco de Mura Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Francesco de Mura (21 April 1696 – 19 August 1782) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period, active mainly in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

and

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. His late work reflects the style of neoclassicism.

Life

Francesco de Mura, also referred to as ''Franceschiello'', was a pupil of Francesco Solimena, then later with

Domenico Viola Domenico Viola (c.1610-1620 - 1696) was an Italian painter and draughtsman, who was born and died in Naples. His pupils included Francesco de Mura, whilst his contemporaries in the Accademia di San Luca included Michelangelo Cerquozzi. Many paints ...

, where he met his contemporary,

Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Ca ...

. While still in his teens he painted frescoes (1715) in

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in Naples. He painted ten canvases of the ''Virtues'' and an ''Adoration of the Magi'' (1728) for the church of Santa Maria Donnaromita. His other works include frescoes of the ''Adoration of the Magi'' (1732) in the apsidal dome of the church of the

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. De Mura also painted portraits. Among his pupils were Pietro Bardellino,

Giacinto Diano Giacinto Diano or Diana (28 March 1731 – 13 August 1803) was an Italian painter, active in Southern Italy in a style that mixes Rococo and Neoclassicism. Life Giacinto was born in Pozzuoli, and died in Naples. He trained in the studio of Franc ...

, Fedele Fischetti,

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, Nicola Menzele and Girolamo Starace.

Selected works

Dated

* ''Saint Benedict Welcomes Totila'' (vers 1710), study for the frescoes at the church of Santi Severino e Sossio,

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* ''Rest on the Flight into Egypt'' (1725-1735),

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, London * ''Epiphany'' (1728), Santa Maria Donnaromita, Naples * ''Adoration of the Magi'' (1732),

, Naples * ''Self-portrait'' (1740), oil on canvas,

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* ''The Departure of Aeneas'' (c. 1740), huile sur toile, 102,5 x 129,5 cm, musée des beaux-arts de Brest, acquired 1969 * ''Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist'' (1750), Minneapolis Institute of Arts * ''The Visitation'' (c. 1750), Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Florida * ''Horatius Killing his Sister after the Defeat of the Curiatii'' (c. 1760), oil on canvas, private collection * ''The Continence of Scipio'' (1765), Palazzo Leoni Montanari,

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* ''L'Accord entre Camille et Turnus'' (1765), Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza
''Christ at the Column''
(1750–1760).

(1760–1770).

(drawing).

Undated

* ''Saint Vincent de Paul in Glory'', Lazarist Church, Naples * ''Assumption of the Virgin'', Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario, Toronto * ''Saint Ignatius de Loyola'', Nunziatella, Naples * ''Saint François Xavier Preaching to the Natives'', Nunziatella, Naples * ''Assumption of the Virgin'', ceiling of the Nunziatella, Naples * ''Portrait of count James Joseph O'Mahoney, lieutenant-general in the service of Naples, knight of Saint Januarius'' (c. 1748),

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, Cambridge * ''The Virgin Mary Presenting a Portrait of Saint Dominic to the Monks of Soriano'', Art Institute of Chicago * ''The Virgin Mary Indicating the Monogram of Christ to Saint Ludovico di Gonzaga'' (c. 1750), Gesù Vecchio, Naples * ''Allegory of the Arts'',

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, Paris * ''Aurora and Tithon'', oil on canvas, Capodimonte Museum, Naples * ''The Wedding at Cana'', Hôtel d'Agar collection,

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, County Durham, United Kingdom

References

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Grove Art Encyclopedia abstract

''Aurora and Tithonus, prince of Troy''

''Allegory of Malta''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mura, Francesco De 1696 births 1782 deaths 17th-century Neapolitan people 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Neapolitan people 18th-century Italian male artists